Whip-socket



E. ALLEN.

(No Model.)

WHIP SOCKET.

Patented June V4, 1889.

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@ktm/mag UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMA ALLEN, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,668, dated J' une 4, 1889.

Application filed October 26, 1888. Serial No. 289.190. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Ile it known that I, EMMA ALLEN, a resident of Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-Sockets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in whip-sockets, and is fully described and explained in this specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of my improved device attached to the dash of a vehicle, the view being in t-he direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the'line a; Fig. l.

In the views A, is an ordinary dash, and B is an approXimately-cylindrical whip-socket having its lower end contracted, and preferably closed, as shown, and provided at its upper end with a series of integrally-formed tongues I), bent inward and outward, as shown, to constitute an expansible spring top or neck. To the body of the socket are attached suitable clamps C, adapted to embrace the vertical Having now described and explained my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the tubular whip-socket B, provided with springmetal tongues b, continuous therewith, and forming a contracted neck and a Haring mouth for the socket, and with the U-shaped clips for attaching the socket to a vehicle.

In testimony whereof I have signed this vspecification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMMA ALLEN. Witnesses:

R. H. WILEs, J. A. CHAIN. 

